The Archway, I-80, Kearney, Nebraska
On Memorial Day we returned from a wonderful trip through several parts in Germany. I like to say thank you again to family and friends for hospitality and for helping in many ways to make this journey as fantastic as it was.
Live doesn’t stand still and so I left for a business trip just a day later. This time in the other direction, out west again to Nebraska and tomorrow to South Dakota. My hotel today isn’t far away from the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument (also known as The Archway or Kearney Archway), a bridge structure that spans across Interstate I-80 in Kearney, Nebraska. It houses a historical experience that tells the story of Nebraska and the Platte River Valley in the development of America. We drove under it several times while heading east or west during vacation trips in the past but have never stopped there.
Unfortunately the museum was already closed this evening but nice light from the west and puffy clouds can’t be ignored by the photographer and the wide angle Nikkor 16-35, f/4 was used for a few clicks.
The Archway is actually not such a peaceful place as it looks in this image. A steady stream of heavy trucks and many cars in both directions make it actually a noisy place and it was not so easy to get a shot without a big vehicle in the frame.